Shrewsbury

From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).

Only for the town in England:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi/, /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹoʊzbəɹi/, /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/

For all other places:

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹuːzbɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹuzbəɹi/

Shrewsbury

1. A large market town, the county town of Shropshire, England.
2. A civil parish with a town council which includes the town in Shropshire, which partly replaced Shrewsbury and Atcham District when it was abolished in 2009. [1]
3. A small hamlet in Chatham-Kent municipality, south-western Ontario, Canada.
4. A ghost town in Gore township, Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
5. A hamlet in Portland parish, Jamaica.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A declining rural unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky.
   2. A former unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; suburb of New Orleans.
   3. A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   4. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri; inner suburb of St. Louis.
   5. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, which has shrunk in size since 1693.
   6. A borough in eastern Monmouth County, New Jersey, formed in 1926 from the township.
   7. An unincorporated community in Upper Freehold Township, in southwestern Monmouth County, New Jersey.
   8. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
   9. Three townships in Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County, Sullivan County and York County.
   10. A town in Rutland County, Vermont.
   11. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
7. An English earldom.

• Shrewsbury cake